Anderson rested for Edgbaston Test

England pace bowler "disappointed" to be omitted from squad to face West Indies with Onions expected to be given chance to impress

Graham Onions could play for England in the third Test against West Indies (Stu Forster)

JAMES ANDERSON has been left out of the England squad for the third Test
against West Indies at Edgbaston, starting on Thursday.

The fast bowler has been rested ahead of a busy summer schedule, even he is
known to be unhappy at the decision.

Anderson has been a key member of the team in the past few years but will sit
out the dead rubber against West Indies as England look to protect the
paceman from injury.

With a three-Test series against South Africa to come, England skipper Andrew
Strauss suggested after the nine-wicket series-clinching win at Trent Bridge
last week that the selectors would look to rotate their seamers.

England’s No1 Test status will be on the line against South Africa and, with
limited-overs series against West Indies and Australia to come before then,
Anderson sits this one out.